Structural organization of the perivascular astrocyte endfeet and their relationship with the endothelial glucose transporter: A confocal microscopy study

GLIA

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-10

  Kacem, Kamel ^a   Lacombe, Pierre ^a   Seylaz, Jacques ^a   Bonvento, Gilles ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cerebral metabolism; Endothelial cell; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; S 100

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN S 100; S 100 CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN BETA SUBUNIT; S-100 CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN BETA SUBUNIT; SLC2A1 PROTEIN, RAT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL COMMUNICATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER TYPE 1; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; S100 PROTEINS;

EID: 0032079447     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(199805)23:1<1::AID-GLIA1>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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